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Archaeological Review Procedures for Prop-40 (MS Word)

Archaeological Review Procedures for CAL FIRE Projects (MS Word)

California State Law and Archaeology (MS Word)

Management Plan for CAL FIRE's Historic Buildings and Archaeological Sites (PDF)

Procedures for an Archaeologist Assigned to a CAL FIRE Wildfire or Other Emergency Incident (Word)

Programmatic Agreement (PA) (PDF)
    This PA addresses cultural resource review procedures for all federally funded projects administered by CAL FIRE on private and other nonfederal lands in California.     Adherence to these procedures will ensure compliance with federal and state regulations, will maximize efficiency, avoid agency duplication, and streamline a process to     facilitate completion of important projects.

An Inventory and Historical Significance Evaluation of the CAL FIRE Fire Lookout Stations by Mark V. Thornton, CAL FIRE Archaeological Report Number 12, April 1993

Cover
Table of Contents
Introduction
Historical Development of California's Fire Detection System (1.6 MB)
Historical Development of California's Fire Lookout Architecture
1991 Survey of the CAL FIRE&FPs Fire Lookout Stations (DPR 523) (29.5 MB)
Historical Significance Evaluation Methodology
Historical Significance Evaluations of the CAL FIRE&FP Detection System (2.9 MB)
Selected Bibliography
Appendix: A listing of CAL FIRE&FP's Fire Lookout Stations

A Survey and Historic Significance Evaluation of the CAL FIRE Building Inventory by Mark V. Thornton, CAL FIRE Archaeological Report Number 17, Vol 1 and 2, December 1994, 963 pages.

Volume 1 and 2
    Acknowledgement
    Table of Contents
    Bibliography
Volume 1
    Cover
    Introduction
    CAL FIRE Contextual History (1.3 MB)
    Architectural History (1.5 MB)
    1954 Listing of CAL FIRE Fire Stations
    The pre-1946 CAL FIRE Building Collection
    National Register of Historic Places DPR 523A "status codes"
    Summary Listing of Recorded CAL FIRE Buildings
DPR 523 Recording Forms for the pre-1946 Building Collection
    Sacramento Administration (1.4 MB)
    District 1 (8.1 MB)
    District 2 (11.9 MB)
    District 3 (12.5 MB)
    District 4 (7.4 MB)
    District 5 (8.7 MB)
    District 6 (11.6 MB)
Volume 2
    Cover
    Historical Significance Evaluation Methods and Results
CAL FIRE Building Collection Historic Significance Rating Sheets
    Sacramento Administration
    District 1
    District 2
    District 3
    District 4
    District 5
    District 6 (2.2 MB)
    Master Building Inventory (5.4 MB)

RPF Personnel

General

Common CAA Errors

Forest Practice Rules To Protect Archaeological Sites (PDF 170 kB)

Survey and Recording Forms

Suggestions for Conducting Surveys and Recording Sites

How Old is "Old"? Recognizing Historical Sites and Artifacts

Suggestions for Recognizing Sites and Artifacts

Suggestions for Preparing Archaeological Site Records and Site Maps

Suggestions for Prefield and Postfield Research (700 kB PDF)

Archaeological Survey: Methods and Uses (9.89 MB PDF)

Archaeological Survey Strategy

Techniques for Discovering Prehistoric Sites

Instructions for Recording Historical Resources (266 kB PDF)

Archaeological Records Checks

About CHRIS

CHRIS: List of information Centers (Select IC Roster link on the left hand side of the page)

Northeast Information Center

Records Check Instructions (PDF) (Word)

Records Check Form (PDF) (Word)

Memorandum of Understanding (PDF 1.5 MB)